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- encourage masking when indoors
- run the furnace filtration system for ventilation, doors and windows open only when necessary
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In celebration this week:
- “He Came Riding Into Town” will be sung/played while children process with palms
- Katie Kilby will welcome everyone to Celebration
- Debbie Dille will lead us in a Call to Celebration (Eastern Orthodox, adapted)
- the opening hymn will be “All Glory, Laud , and Honor”
- next Debbie will lead us in a Prayer of Reconciliation (from India, adapted)
- then it’s Time with Children
- Invitations are next
- The MPC Choir will sing “Lay Down”, by Joanna Mills with Kim Rankin directing
- Debbie will read from the scriptures, Luke 19:28-40
- Rev. Ben Daniel will offer a sermon, “How to Protest an Empire”
- the Hymn of Response will be “Hosanna, Loud Hosanna”
- followed by a pastoral prayer
- the offering plates will be passed, while Marcia Roy plays an offertory, “Ellacombe”, hymn tune arranged by Hans-Arnold Metzger
- the closing hymn will be “I Danced in the Morning”
- we will recite the Charge
- there will be a benediction
- the postlude is “All Glory, Laud, and Honor” arr. Dan Forrest played by Kim Rankin on the piano
The Charge (say together) Go out into the world in peace. Have courage; hold on to what is good. Return no one evil for evil. Strengthen the faint-hearted, support the weak, and help the suffering. Honor all people. Care for Creation. Love and serve God, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Celebration live stream recordings
Every week, we post a live stream recording to YouTube. You can view information about those live stream recordings and access a link to the playlist on our Celebration Recordings page.